Dear Editor, As the national media spotlight fades from Alum Rock, I hope that local media, politicians and public bodies take the opportunity to direct more fruitful attention to an area whose serious social needs have been overlooked for too long.

Mr Byrne, whose Birmingham Hodge Hill constituency includes Alum Rock, one of the areas at the centre of police terror operations, said he could understand why residents felt let down by the Prime Minister.

The work included an investigation in 2010, which saw officers swoop on dozens of innercity stores in Alum Rock, Saltley, Sparkbrook and Sparkhill, where they seized thousands of pounds worth of jewellery over fears they were fakes being passed off as real gold.

Environmental health officers swooped on Peshawari Kebab and Medinah Catering Services in Alum Rock Road, Alum Rock, last May after a member of the public complained about the state of the eatery, Birmingham Magistrates' Court heard.

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